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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0000Ngoc Nguyen60818 at http://kalw.orgYour Call: How are urban farms changing cities?Frogs in danger of croaking: fighting a fungal epidemichttp://kalw.org/post/frogs-danger-croaking-fighting-fungal-epidemic
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-333264f5-dadd-6208-b77f-af3ac2596750"><span style="font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I’m in a room stacked with rows of 50 gallon fish tanks, surrounded by gurgling water pumps. But this isn’t a fish store. I’m with conservation biologist Jessie Bushell in a building way behind the scenes of the San Francisco Zoo. She’s giving me the lowdown on the tadpoles’ menus.</span></span></p><p></p>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:47:05 +0000Colin Peden60524 at http://kalw.orgFrogs in danger of croaking: fighting a fungal epidemicImagining the giant hippos, monstrous sharks, and sea beasts of an underwater Silicon Valleyhttp://kalw.org/post/imagining-giant-hippos-monstrous-sharks-and-sea-beasts-underwater-silicon-valley-0
<p>When construction workers break into the earth’s surface, it’s not unusual for them to discover ancient worlds. For example, on a 2013 dig, crews in San Francisco unearthed the remains of three mammoths and one giant bison. While working at the Caldecott Tunnel, fossil hunters discovered the remains of camels that once roamed the East Bay. There are actually provisions in California’s environmental laws that require anyone doing major digging projects to call fossil experts first, just in case. So when work began near Fremont to rebuild the&nbsp;Calaveras&nbsp;Dam, paleontologist Jim Walker was called to the scene to hunt for fossils. He expected to find a few, but the count surpassed 600.</p><p>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000Holly McDede60461 at http://kalw.orgImagining the giant hippos, monstrous sharks, and sea beasts of an underwater Silicon ValleyYour Call: What's causing early puberty in girls?http://kalw.org/post/your-call-whats-causing-early-puberty-girls
<p class="normal" style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">On the June 4th edition of Your Call, we'll have a conversation about why girls are entering&nbsp;puberty&nbsp;earlier than ever before?Thu, 04 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0000Ngoc Nguyen60282 at http://kalw.orgYour Call: What's causing early puberty in girls?Your Call: How much is the US investing in alternative clean energy sources?http://kalw.org/post/your-call-how-much-us-investing-alternative-clean-energy-sources
<p>On the June 2<sup>nd</sup> edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the United States’ energy landscape. According to the World Bank, 80 to 85 percent of the energy consumed in the US is from fossil fuels. What are the economic, social and environmental costs of our dependency on fossil fuel and what will it take to transition to renewable energy? What are real alternatives to oil? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.</p><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><p>Richard Heinberg, senior fellow at Post Carbon Institute</p>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:14:27 +0000Malihe Razazan60181 at http://kalw.orgYour Call: How much is the US investing in alternative clean energy sources?